Table · dataset · 2026
Fairall 9 ubvyI light curves
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We investigate the origin of inter-band continuum time delays in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) to study the structure and properties of their accretion disks.
Description
We aim to measure the inter-band continuum time delays through photometric monitoring of Seyfert galaxy Fairall 9 to con- struct the lag-spectrum. Additionally, we explain the observed features in the Fairall 9 lag-spectrum and discuss the potential drivers behind them, based on our newly collected data from the Obserwatorium Cerro Murphy (OCM) telescope.
We initiated a long-term, continuous AGN photometric monitoring program in 2024, titled "Hubble constant constraints through AGN Light curve Observations" (HALO) using intermediate and broad band filters. Here, we present the first results from HALO, focusing on photometric light curves and continuum time-delay measurements for Fairall 9. To complement these observations and extend the wavelength coverage of the lag-spectrum, we also reanalyzed archival Swift light curves and spectroscopic data available in the literature.
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Using HALO and Swift light curves, we measured inter-band continuum delays to construct the lag-spectrum of Fairall 9. Excess lags appear in the u and U bands (Balmer continuum contamination) and in the I band (Paschen jump/dust emission from the torus). Overall, the lag-spectrum deviates significantly from standard disk model predictions.
We find that inter-band delays deviate from the power-law, {tau}^{lambda}^{prop.to}{lambda}^{beta}^ due to BLR scattering, reprocessing, and dust contributions at longer wavelengths. Power-law fits are therefore not well suited for characterizing the nature of the time delays.
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Where it is published
- Reference page cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/706/A176 ↗
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Documentation and papers
- ADS 2026A&A...706A.176M ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2026A%26A...706A.176M ↗
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Catalogue records · 2
- VOResource record dc.g-vo.org/oai.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=ivo_vor&identifier=ivo%3… ↗
metadata API · from IVOA Registry
- Registry record (GAVO) dc.g-vo.org/I/cds.vizier/j/a%2Ba/706/a176 ↗
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Topics
- Stated by source
- Optical
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Inferred from text
- Astronomical sciences 75%
Provenance · 1 source records, 9 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
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| IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory) | ivo://cds.vizier/j/a+a/706/a176 | 15 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:5101 | enrichment · IVOA Registry | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (75%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].ivoa_waveband:optical | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_description |
| license_text | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
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